Biblical Studies Post-graduate Research Seminar

TCBS Research Seminar (Michaelmas Term, 2026)

September 21st, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Round-table discussion of McConville, J G (J Gordon). “Neither Male nor Female: Poetic Imagery and the Nature of God in the Old Testament.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44, no. 1 (2019): 166–81.

October 12th, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Daniel Daley (Calvin Theological Seminary) - Mercy Along the Way: Reading Matthew 25:31-46 Through the Jewish Repatriation Tradition

November 2nd, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University) - The Significance of Ugaritic for Biblical Studies

November 16th, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Daniel Machiela (University of Notre Dame) - What is going on in Genesis Apocryphon 21.23-22.34?  Genesis 14:1-15:4 and textual reuse in the Genesis Apocryphon

December 7th, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Round-table discussion of George van Kooten, “The Pre-70 ce Dating of the Gospel of John: ‘There is (ἔστιν) in Jerusalem … a pool … which has five porticoes’ (5.2)”, New Testament Studies 71 (2025): 29-55.

For further information please contact the Director, Prof David Shepherd at shepherd@tcd.ie.